Sex, Lies, and Videotapes

I hate to disappoint you but this blog has little to do with sex, contains no lies and so that leaves videotapes as the topic of the day.

Since I have established that I hate my gym, I have found the best way to keep me moving is to pop a videotape or DVD into my TV to get my fanny in action. I am a sucker for those late night infomercials and I have quite the collection of items that have promised to make me look like Christy Brinkley in a matter of weeks. In the past, I thought that just buying a workout tape was all the effort that I needed to make me look fit and healthy. Wrong! You actually have to do the workout and not just pop the video in the TV and think that is the workout.

Over time I have learned, at least for me, not all workouts are created equally. I love the ones in my workout suggestions. They do a great job of taking it a bit slow at first so that you don’t get discouraged. When I pop in a new one and all they do is scream at you to move your butt I tend to pop it back out and add it to my pile of forget this workout tape.

There are some workouts that are best for a studio situation like yoga. Who doesn’t want to relieve stress through working out but when you are bent up like a pretzel it is hard to see the TV screen. Pilates fits the relaxing and toning bill for me and you can actually do the workout and see what the instructor is telling you to do.

I am always keeping my eye out for a new workout to mix up my routines. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them and share them with the readers of my blog. I can add them to my wish list for Christmas.